Database Automation
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008Matt Zito was quoted in this week’s IT Careers and Training Alert by Jon Brodkin.
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eWEEK.com Podcast: Automate Mundane Database Tasks to Increase Value
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008Check out the following eWEEK.com Podcast: Mike Vizard talks with Robert Gardos, GridApp CEO.
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Storage/Automate-Mundane-Database-Tasks-to-Increase-Value/
Length: 00:19:21
Database administrators spend too much time performing mundane database tasks, such as deploying, patching and troubleshooting, and managing a diverse range of databases, rather than using the data to create value for the company, says Robert Gardos, CEO of GridApp Systems. […]
How do I know when to patch or to leave well enough alone?
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008Every business wants the same thing: a database that services clients with the utmost performance and is always available. In the war against downtime, patches can be a rogue force. When something goes wrong, patches may let instability—the enemy—in through the front door. Patches always promise to fix a problem. If not for that promise, […]
Unleash Your “cognitive surplus”
Thursday, June 5th, 2008A recent meme - cognitive surplus - has risen that describes the resources that have been brought to bare to accomplish a useful task once people get tired of wasting their time. The discussion started with a talk that shows how people have so much free time to work on improving the Wikipedia (the estimate […]
Only 10% of Oracle Databases are Secure!
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008A recent article in eWEEK revealed alarming statistics surrounding patch and CPU application. The survey was conducted by a company that appears to benefit from the patch application process being as painful as possible (they sell a solution that attempts to mitigate security risks surrounding non-patched databases). Back to the survey, here are a few […]
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